Person:Margaret Keighley (1)

Margaret Jane Keighley was born on 17th September 1845 in Hull, Yorkshire, daughter of Margaret Jane Keighley, formerly Lang, and her husband Robert Poppleton Keighley, a seed merchant. The 1851 census finds Margaret and her siblings living at 6 Charlotte Street in Hull. By 1861 they had left Hull and moved to the London area, living in Lee in the south-eastern suburbs.

On 25th July 1865, aged 19, Margaret married Augustus Frederick Timothy, a wharfinger (harbourmaster). They married at Christ Church in Lee. Augustus was nearly sixteen years her senior and a widower, having a son from his first marriage. Margaret and Augustus went on to have another eight children together between 1866 and 1880, although one died as a baby in 1874.

Margaret and Augustus were relatively well off. They lived in a large house at 1 Percy Villas on the High Street in Eltham, appearing there in both the 1871 and 1881 censuses. In 1881 they had five servants living with them, and in 1881 they had seven servants.

Augustus died on 20th April 1881, at home at 1 Percy Villas. He was 51. His estate was valued at over £26,000, which was a substantial amount of money at the time.

After Augustus's death, for reasons that are not known, Margaret and the children stopped using the surname Timothy, reverting instead to her maiden name of Keighley. (Apart from one of Margaret's sons, Frederick William Donald Timothy, who took to calling himself Donald Cornwallis.)

Margaret's oldest son emigrated to Australia in 1885, and her second son emigrated to Canada in 1889.

The 1891 census finds most of Margaret's other children living at 17 Rivercourt Road in Hammersmith, a detached villa in the western suburbs of London, although Margaret was not with them on census night, being instead in hospital in Lewisham.

Margaret's next sighting is not for another twenty years. In that time her second youngest son emigrated to America in 1894, but he died in 1904 in Arizona, aged 28.

The 1911 census finds Margaret living with her youngest son and his wife and son at Thames Ditton in Surrey.

Margaret later moved to 16 St John's Road in Penge, which at that time was just outside the county of London in Kent. She died in Penge on 23rd February 1923, aged 77.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Margaret Jane KEIGHLEY, September Quarter 1845, Sculcoates Registration District, Volume 22, page 520, mother's maiden name Lang

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Parish Registers of St Stephen (East Riding of Yorkshire Archives & Local Studies Service).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the SAINT STEPHEN'S CHURCH, in the Parish of HOLY TRINITY, KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty five
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   1	Oct[ober] 15 Born Sep[tember] 17	Margaret Jane	Robert Poppleton & Margaret Jane	Keighley	Charlotte Street, Sculcoates	Merchant	John Deck, Incumbent

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2361; Folio 6; Page 4, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 6 Charlotte Street, Sculcoates (parish), Kingston upon Hull (borough), Yorkshire
   Robert P. Keighley, head, married, male, 43 [1807/8], Seed & General Merchant, b. Hyll, Yorkshire
   Margaret J. Keighley, wife, married, female, 36 [1814/15], b. Devonport, Devonshire
   Margaret J. Keighley, daughter, unmarried, female, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Keighley R. Keighley, son, male, 3 [1847/8], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Herbert H. Keighley, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Helena A. Keighley, daughter, female, 11m [1850], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Charles Skinner, servant, unmarried, male, 17 [1833/4], Groom, b. Redcar, Yorkshire
   Mary Scruton, servant, widow, female, 48 [1802/3], Nurse, b. Blacktoft, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Pickard, daughter, unmarried, female, 26 [1824/5], House Servant, b. Skelton, Yorkshire
   Ann Cowton, servant, unmarried, female, 29 [1821/2], House Servant, b. Bridlington, Yorkshire
   Mary Scruton, servant, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], House Servant, b. Spaldington, Yorkshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 414; Folio 45; Page 23, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Lee Road, Lee, Kent
   Robert P. Keighley, head, married, male, 53 [1807/8], Merchant, b. Hull, Yorkshire
   M.J. Keighley, wife, married, female, 46 [1814/15], b. Devonport, Devonshire
   M.J. Keighley, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Sculcoates, Yorkshire
   K.R. Keighley, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Sculcoates, Yorkshire
   H.H. Keighley, son, unmarried, male, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Sculcoates, Yorkshire
   H.A. Keighley, daughter, unmarried, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Sculcoates, Yorkshire
   Eliza Higgins, servant, unmarried, female, 44 [1816/17], Cook, b. Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire
   Ann Bernard, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Housemaid, b. Stebbing, Essex
   John Ditmarch, servant, unmarried, male, 19 [1841/2], b. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 762; Folio 83; Page 25, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 1 Percy Villas, Eltham, Kent
   Augustus F. Timothy, head, married, male, 41 [1829/30], Wharfinger, b. Cripplegate, Middlesex
   Margaret J. Timothy, wife, married, female, 24 [1846/7], b. Hull
   Sydney F. Timothy, son, male, 4 [1866/7], b. Eltham, Kent
   Charles B. Timothy, son, male, 3 [1867/8], b. Eltham, Kent
   Margaret A. Timothy, daughter, female, 2 [1868/9], b. Eltham, Kent
   Frederick W. Timothy, son, male, 9mo [1870], b. Eltham, Kent
   Adeline Jones, servant, widow, female, 37 [1833/4], Nurse, b. Canada E. Montreal
   Elizabeth Bristow, servant, unmarried, female, 28 [1842/3], Cook, b. Worthing, Sussex
   Mary Rogers, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Housemaid, b. Corscombe, Dorset
   Lydia Cromwell, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1849/50], Under Nurse, b. Windsor, Berkshire
   Ellen Fitzgerald, servant, unmarried, female, 17 [1853/4], Under Housemaid, b. [faded]

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 728; Folio 90; Page 47, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 1 Percy Villas, High Street, Eltham, Kent
   Alfred [sic] F. Timothy, head, married, male, 48 [1832/3], Wharfinger, b. Rotherhithe, Surrey
   Mary [sic] Timothy, wife, married, female, 34 [1846/7], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Percy Timothy, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1858/9], Clerk to Wh[ar]fing[e]r, b. Blackheath, Kent
   Florence M. Timothy, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Eltham, Kent
   Robert E. Timothy, son, unmarried, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Eltham, Kent
   Florence Aldham, governess, unmarried, female, 23 [1857/8], Governess (Domes[tic]), b. Bombay, India
   Eliza Wedmore, nurse, unmarried, female, 33 [1847/8], Nurse Domes[tic] Ser[van]t, b. Swansea, Somerset
   Elizabeth Coren, cook, unmarried, female, 20 [1860/1], Domes[tic] Ser[van]t, b. Twickenham, Middlesex
   Grace Andrews, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1859/60], Housemaid, b. Woodbridge, Suffolk
   Kate Donnelly, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], Und[e]r Housem[ai]d, b. Plumstead, Kent
   William Rogers, servant, married, male, 25 [1855/6], Coachman Domes[tic] Ser[van]t, b. Somersetshire
   Mary Harris, servant, unmarried, female, 27 [1853/4], Profess[iona]l Nurse, b. Hackney, London

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 517; Folio 132; Page 36, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: St John's Hospital, Lewisham, London
   Many patients, including:
   Margaret Keighley, patient, widow, female, 43 [1847/8], b. Hull, Yorkshire

8. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 3556; Schedule 24, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: St Leonard's Farm Cottage, Sugden Road, Long Ditton, Surrey
   6 rooms occupied
   Harry Vincent Keighley, head, male, 30 [1880/1], married, Private Means, b. Eltham, Kent
   Ethel Minna Keighley, wife, female, 31 [1879/80], married 6 years, 1 child born to marriage, 1 child still living, Private Means, b. Harlesden, Middlesex
   Margaret Jane Keighley, mother, female, 64 [1846/7], widow, Private Means, b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Phyllis Margaret Keighley, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], b. Harlesden, Middlesex

9. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Margaret Jane KEIGHLEY, March Quarter 1923, Bromley Registration District, Volume 2a, page 678, aged 77 [1845/6]

10. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

    1923
    KEIGHLEY Margaret Jane of 16 St. John's-road Penge Kent widow died 23 February 1923 Administration London 21 April to Margaret Augusta Keighley spinster. Effects £746 0s. 3d.

11. ↑ Burials register, in Eltham, Kent, England. Parish Registers of St John the Baptist (London Metropolitan Archives).

    BURIALS in the Parish of Eltham in the County of London in the year One thousand nine hundred and 23
    '	'Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    11	Margaret Jane Keighley	16 S. John's Road, Penge	28 Feb[ruar]y	77	C. Alder Stubbs, Vicar of Holy Trinity Beckenham